The conservation of Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri in Varangerfjord, Finnmark, Norway

Wildfowl

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 156-165

  Fox, A D ^a   Mitchell, Carl ^b   Henriksen, Gunnar ^c,d   Lund, Erick ^e   Frantzen, Bjørn ^f  

^a National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Off of the Co Governor of Finnmark   (Norway)

^d PO Box 1137   (Norway)

^e Nature Management   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common Eider; Conservation; Fisheries; King Eider; Mortality; Pollution; Steller's Eider; Vorangerfjord

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT PROTECTION; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; RECRUITMENT; STELLER'S EIDER;

NORWAY, FINNMRK, VARANGERFJORD;

POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 0031464348     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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